In 1900, Lin Heier, a heroic woman in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, "Our Lady of the Yellow Lotus", unfortunately fell into the clutches of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and was still calm after suffering humiliation. Subsequently, the Eight-Nation Coalition took her as a plaything and sent her to be exhibited in Europe and the United States, and finally the heroic goddess never set foot in her homeland again.
Back in 1894, the Qing court was defeated in the smoke of the First Sino-Japanese War, and in order to protect itself, it groveled externally and severely oppressed the people internally, resulting in the people living in misery in the north and south of the country. It was against this background that the Boxer Rebellion was in full swing. And Lin Heier is an outstanding woman in this magnificent history.
Since childhood, Lin Heier has relied on her father for her life and made a living from fishing. When she became an adult, she married the son of another boat owner, and her life was poor but uneventful. However, the great wheel of fate did not let her settle for such a life.
One day, a group of foreigners broke into the village, accused her husband of having an affair with other youths and kidnapped them mercilessly. What she never expected was that the separation turned out to be a farewell. Soon after, I learned from my fellow villagers in the town that her husband had been brutally killed on the night he was kidnapped. What is even more tragic is that soon after, her father was also killed at the gunpoint of foreigners.
Faced with the tragic situation of her family being ruined, Lin Heier was filled with grief and anger, and she longed to join the Boxer Rebellion and vowed to change her fate. However, the Boxers politely rejected her because of their strict "practice" requirements. This so-called "miracle skill" actually requires the members of the group to abstain from sex. In desperation, she turned to the "Our Lady of Longtian". With her intelligence and shrewdness, she was deeply appreciated by the "Holy Mother", and was quickly promoted to the chief disciple, and was given the title of "Our Lady", known as the "Holy Mother of the Yellow Lotus".
With this identity, she finally waited for the invitation of the Boxers. Since then, there has been an additional female general in the Boxer Rebellion wearing a red hat and a red robe and holding a red light, and she is led by a group of young women who form a women's army. Under the leadership of Lin Hei'er, this women's army numbered as many as 3,000 at its peak. Amazingly, most of the members were fourteen or fifteen years old.
In 1900, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded China, and the Qing army was defeated one after another, and the Boxers became the main force to resist the invasion. Lin Heier led an army of 3,000 ladies to deploy defenses in Tianjin and fought fiercely with the enemy. However, after the battle, Lin Hei'er's figure mysteriously disappeared.
According to a wild history called "The Aftermath of the Fist Change", Lin Heier was not sacrificed, but was captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance. Later, the British scholar Hobsbawm researched the matter and discovered a shocking fact. It turned out that foreigners regarded Lin Heier as a rare plaything and sent her to Europe and the Americas for exhibition.
It is said that Lin Hei'er, who was locked in a cage, was disheveled all day long, sitting silent, and her former robes and headdresses were scattered on the ground. After her death, she became an experimental object for foreigners and was subjected to wanton abuse. Although the Boxer Rebellion is still controversial in the historiography to this day, many women represented by Lin Heier stepped forward in times of crisis, and their heroic deeds are still worthy of praise for future generations.
Thankfully, that humiliating history is a thing of the past. Today's nation is strong enough to protect every child from harm.